Chris
10-12-2014, 09:57 AM
It's about conspiracy theories, albeit political ones, so hope it fits in this forum area. I'm a nonbeliever btw.
The Secret Truth About Conspiracy Theories! (http://reason.com/blog/2014/10/12/the-secret-truth-about-conspiracy-theori)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EkxCG4b7nM#t=219
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"Political paranoia, and conspiracy theories in particular, have been a part of the United States since before there was a United States," explains Reason books editor Jesse Walker, author of the new book The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory. "Even when a conspiracy theory says absolutely nothing true about the object of the theory, if it catches on it says something true about the anxieties and the experiences of the people who believe it."
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The Secret Truth About Conspiracy Theories! (http://reason.com/blog/2014/10/12/the-secret-truth-about-conspiracy-theori)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EkxCG4b7nM#t=219
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"Political paranoia, and conspiracy theories in particular, have been a part of the United States since before there was a United States," explains Reason books editor Jesse Walker, author of the new book The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory. "Even when a conspiracy theory says absolutely nothing true about the object of the theory, if it catches on it says something true about the anxieties and the experiences of the people who believe it."
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